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THE BROOKLYN CHARTER; IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A MODEL SINCE MAYOR LOW'S TIME. Statement of the Canuses That Led to Its Being Drawn, the Men Who Were Instrumental in Procuring It for the City, and the Reforms That Were Accomplished Under It and Have Since Been in Force -- Its Principal Features.

One of the chief reasons advanced by the anti-consolidasionists of Brooklyn for their opposition to the Greater New-York plan is their expressed fear that Brooklyn will thereby lose its charter, which they, in common with many others, regard as one of the best in this country.

April 06, 1896

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